TL;DR Video workflows are becoming more automated, measurable, and real-time across the stack, but adoption is running ahead of what teams have actually operationalized. Four data points make the case: Each year, Bitmovin surveys video developers, product leaders, and executives from around the world to understand how the technologies, business models, and priorities shaping streaming…
TL;DR For much of FAST’s early growth, channel expansion was a major measure of progress. Channel counts are still climbing and existing libraries keep turning into new lineups, but launching a channel is no longer the differentiator it once was. The harder question is what happens once that channel is live and running 24/7. Reliability,…
TL;DR Live streaming protocols have long been shaped by the constraints of TCP. RTMP and SRT both work around those constraints in different ways, but neither was designed for the low-latency, resilient delivery that modern live streaming demands. MoQ (Media over QUIC Transport) takes a different approach: built natively on QUIC and WebTransport, packet loss,…
What is Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) Streaming? Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR) is a technology used in modern video streaming applications that can dynamically adapt in real-time, in order to provide the best quality for each individual viewer. ABR streams take into account network conditions, screen size and device capabilities and can adjust on the fly…
AI-powered observability. Real-time ad signaling. Automated content clipping. Q4 2025 brought significant new capabilities across Bitmovin’s full product suite, from a single-score playback health indicator to a Search and Clipping Agent that finds and cuts moments across your entire library. Read the full quarterly roundup and find out what’s on the roadmap for Q1.
Choosing a VOD encoding provider is a strategic decision that touches every part of your workflow. It influences how quickly you publish new titles, the visual quality viewers actually see on their devices, how much you spend on storage and delivery each month, and how easily you keep pace with new codecs, formats, and compliance requirements. The biggest differences between providers come from architecture and cloud dependence, the depth of compression features like Per-Title, Per-Shot, and Multi-Pass, the cadence of releases, and pricing models that may be tied to storage or CDN.
Bitmovin regularly hosts two-day hackathons, held quarterly, to give engineers the chance to step away from their daily work and focus on creative ideas they would like to see become reality. In our latest hackathon, which was supported by Google, teams explored new technologies, collaborated across departments, and built working prototypes in just 48 hours….
The dust has just about settled from the 2025 edition of NAB! As always, it was fantastic to see all of our customers, partners, and industry friends in Las Vegas once again and get a real sense of the trends that will shape the media and entertainment technology industry in the coming months. There’s no denying the last couple of years have been…
Bitmovin’s Observability provides valuable insights that can take the performance and efficiency of your video streaming workflow to new levels. By leveraging Observability, you can optimize encoding profiles, improve player performance, gain deeper understanding of audience behavior, and ultimately, deliver a superior viewing experience while managing costs effectively. This blog post will explore seven…
There was a time when all you needed to build the best streaming experience was to create quality content and have a fast internet connection. However, with the explosion of over-the-top (OTT) platforms, the available options and viewers’ preferences have changed. This has caused an unprecedented segmentation of the OTT industry, as the needs…
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